Aims and scope

Chinese Neurosurgical Journal is an open access, peer review journal publishing work in all areas of neurosurgery, including new trends in neurology and neuroscience, with a focus on clinical practice and techniques.

Jizong Zhao, Editor-in-Chief

Jizong Zhao M.D. is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, and Chairman of the National Clinical Research Center for Diseases of the Nervous System. Dr Zhao is an Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Nominating Committee and the Cerebrovascular Diseases & Therapy Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS), and a member of the Walter E Dandy Neurosurgical Society (WEDNS) Board of Directors. Dr Zhao’s research mainly focuses on cerebrovascular disease and brain tumors.

Article-processing charges

The publication costs for Chinese Neurosurgical Journal are currently covered by the Chinese Neurosurgical Society, so authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge.

"Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a common non-motor symptom of early Parkinson’s disease (PD), but the neural mechanisms underlying it remain poorly understood. The aim of the present study was to investigate the characteristics of cognition-related brain activities in the PD patients with MCI."